Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Motto	Leaders in breathing & sleep research
Founder	Professor Ann Woolcock
Established	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Mission	Medical research
Focus	Sleep and respiratory disorders; lung cancer; and tuberculosis
Chair	Robert Estcourt
Executive Director	Professor Carol Armour
Faculty	Macquarie University
Staff	200
Budget	A$13 million (2015)
Formerly called	Institute of Respiratory Medicine
Location	2 Innovation Road, Macquarie Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Hanoi, Vietnam
Website	woolcock.org.au
^[1]

The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (WIMR) is an Australian medical research institute that is focused on the prevention and treatment of sleep and respiratory disorders, lung cancer, and tuberculosis. Affiliated with the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the Woolcock Institute is located in the Sydney suburb of Glebe, New South Wales; with a satellite office located in Hanoi, Vietnam.The Executive Director of the Woolcock Institute since July 2012 is Professor Carol Armour.

History and facilities

The institute was founded in 1981 by then Prof. Ann Woolcock, a professor of respiratory medicine/science at the Sydney Medical School^[2] and was originally called the Institute of Respiratory Medicine. The Institute was renamed in memory of Woolcock in 2002 after her passing in 2001.^[3] The research institute has collaborative agreements with the Hunter Area Health Service, the University of Newcastle, and Liverpool, Concord and Royal North Shore Hospitals.^[4]

Originally, the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research was located within the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown before it was relocated to a custom-built building in Glebe in 2008.^[5]^[3] In addition to research facilities, including offices, "wet-lab" laboratories and sleep laboratories, there are also consulting rooms for doctors' clinics.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Biennial Report 2014-2015" (PDF). Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. 2015. p. 43. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "ADA NSW - Woolcock Institute". ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Our History". Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Our Affiliations". Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "The brain drain that's killing science in NSW". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 18 April 2006.

External links

Official website

v t e Medical research institutes and centres of Australia
Australian Government Peer-review agencies	National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Research Council
ACT	John Curtin
NSW	Centenary CCIA CMRI Garvan The George HRI Hunter Kirby Kolling NeuRA Victor Chang Westmead Woolcock Australian Sports Brain Bank Brain and Mind Charles Perkins UNSW Lowy Cancer
QLD	AITHM IHBI QIMR Berghofer TRI Brisbane Diamantina
SA	SAHMRI
TAS	Menzies
VIC	ARMI Baker IDI Bio21 Bionics Bronowski Burnet Florey Hudson LIMS MCRI Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre SVI WEHI Australian Stem Cell Centre Free Radical PeterMac VCCC
WA	Harry Perkins Lions Eye Telethon Kids
Defunct institutes	Austin Mental Health (Melbourne) Monash Prince Henry's
Category

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States

History and facilities

See also

References

External links